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CHICAGO — A triumphant President Barack Obama heralded his re-election with a call to action early Wednesday, telling Americans that their citizenship doesn’t end with their vote and declaring that the “best is yet to come.”

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney despite a weak economy that plagued his first term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions. In victory,...

WASHINGTON — A narrow path to victory was emerging for Barack Obama as his intensely tight battle with Mitt Romney went down to the wire Tuesday, the long-awaited culmination of one of the hardest-fought presidential campaigns in recent U.S....

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Last week, I barely escaped Florida after reporting from the swing state due to the pounding the state’s Atlantic coast was taking from the outer edges of hurricane Sandy. My flight made it out...

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the man who hopes to deny him a second term in the Oval Office, were set to appear on Sunday in separate interviews on “60 Minutes,” the highly rated CBS current affairs...Read More

Barack Obama’s acting skills have passed muster among one tough crowd — the beer-drinking brigade at the Iowa State Fair. “Four more beers,” the lads chanted after Obama had bought a round of Bud Lights for supporters.Read More

WASHINGTON — Another day, another disaster for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign — this time over an undercover video that shows him deriding Barack Obama voters as government freeloaders and lifelong victims.Read More

TOLEDO, Ohio — Barack Obama on Monday laid out the theme his party will hammer home at the Democratic National convention this week, declaring Republican challenger Mitt Romney wants to lead the country with failed and outdated ideas that...Read More

WASHINGTON — With a congressional reporting deadline looming, the Obama administration appears ready to designate the Haqqani network as a terrorist organization, risking a new breach in relations with Pakistan.Read More

WASHINGTON — At a fundraiser for the president at his Westport, Conn., estate Monday night, Harvey Weinstein spoke in a softly lit room shimmering with pink dahlias, gold Oscars, silvery celebrities and black American Express cards.Read More

President Barack Obama is turning 51 on Saturday, with just three months until Election Day. So he will celebrate in true political fashion: spending “downtime,” as an email invitation put it, at a party at his Chicago home with a bunch...Read More

Canadians love Barack Obama. Historically, in fact, Canadians have long been enamoured with Democratic presidents, from JFK to Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Oftentimes, the approval ratings for Democratic presidents are higher in Canada, in fact,...Read More

WASHINGTON — Presidential politics took a back seat to tragedy Friday as Americans grappled with yet another mass shooting, this one an estimated 90-second rampage in a Colorado movie theatre that left 12 people dead and 71 injured.Read More

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and they agreed that the growing violence in Syria shows the need for a political transition as soon as possible.Read More

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney was in a fighting mood after being on the defensive for days, declaring that President Barack Obama had insulted the business community. A key Romney supporter questioned Obama’...Read More

GLEN ALLEN, Va. — An unrelenting President Barack Obama jabbed at Mitt Romney’s record with a private equity firm in an ad Saturday that aimed to keep his rival on the defensive just as the Republican challenger’s campaign hoped to...Read More

WASHINGTON — The complex and fraught politics of wealth and class, undercurrents all along in the race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, are surfacing in increasingly visible ways in the presidential campaign, presenting big...Read More

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign has spent nearly $100million on television commercials in key battleground states so far, unleashing a sustained early barrage designed to create lasting, negative impressions of...Read More